Police had been called to the address, earlier that day over fears for the welfare of the two women. They carried out a search of the property, which the victim's relative was reportedly renovating, and initially found nothing. But they made the grim discovery after hospital staff alerted them to the second woman's knife wounds. Three people were arrested last night, including a builder who was reported to be working at the house while the owners lived next door.

The murder scene

An Asian male was arrested as he tried to leave the country via Dover.